FAPMSAQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT

ANDTECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS

Kelli Gladding- President

March 29th, 2019

Applicators are “Under the Gun”Not just the Plants

Today- Everybody has a phone and their “Social Media Degree”

- Twitter Degree

- Facebook Degree

- SnapChat Degree

Mis-Information is Everywhere:

• “He just jumps in his air boat, puts on his head phones and jams

out to the Charlie Daniels Band while cruising down a shoreline

killing everything that a fish might live in.”

• “So who are these scientists that claim they are doing no harm?

They must have got their degree from a cracker jack box.”

FWC- The Great “Pause”Effects the Industry- Aquatics, Uplands, Natural Areas

FAPMS- Resolution Position StatementSupport IPM Program based on Science

Managing Aquatic Plants- Over 130 years

FAPMS- Historical

■ Founded in 1976- 42 years strong

■ Applicator based membership

– ~500 Current members

Hyacinth Control:

• Mechanical Removal

• Biological Control

• Chemical Control

• Arsenic

• 2,4-D

• Diquat

• Carfentrazone-ethyl

• Penoxsulam

• ProcellaCOR

• Selectivity

Photo: Army Corps of Engineers website

Submerged Vegetation Surveys

1978- Scuba Surveys

1976- Conway Biomass Sampler

1978- Hydrilla Sampler

Radio-Tagged Grass carp and Telemetry

1983- Advanced Hydrilla Scuba Surveys

1987- Dan Thayer- Tuber Core

1986- Range Finder TrainingsAllsop- Bodle- Barber

LORAN C- Hightech Data

1987- Lowrance Fathometer

*Jim Kelley and Brian Nelson

Processing Data- on Paper

Today- Many Lowrance Options

Data from Lowrance

Drone- Photo monitoringSJRWMD

GPS- Application Technology

Drones- Monitoring and Applications (?)

History of the “Frotus”

1977- David Tarver

Claw-Frotus

Happy-Frotus

Human-Frotus

Forkus-Frotus

Double rake- FrotusNever leave home without it!

Point Intercept- FrotusFor the scientific approach

Hollywood- Frotus State-of-Art Frotus

Manly-Frotus Mega-Frotus

Submersible Survey Vessels

1987- Jesse VanDyke

FAPMS- FLEPPC Cooperation

■ Aquatics during FLEPPC

–Provides information and support

for members who manage aquatics

■ FLEPPC session during FAPMS annual

training conference

–Provides support for members who

manage natural areas

FAPMS- Annual Training ConferenceOctober 14-17th- 2019

■ 2018- Daytona beach

■ 2019- St. Petersburg

■ 2020- Daytona beach

■ 2021- St. Petersburg

Questions?

Thank you!

Kelli Gladding

FAPMS President

386-409-1175

KelliG@SePRO.com